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Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike David Beresford
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Sep 10, 2012 - People can die of starvation in as short as a three-week span, or as long as 70 days. Our story, and the story of the H-Blocks, why the British built prison camps and their forts in our country, is still being revised and told by people who are not friends of the Republican people. It was to commemorate the sacrifice of ten young men who died in the Hunger Strike of 1981. Dec 30, 2011 - Paragraph 6: “… secondly he stated that a meeting of the senior Provisionals had taken place on 28 June at which they considered realistic conditions for the ending of the hunger strike had been discussed.” (This was . Political upheaval in the North of Ireland. Apr 10, 2014 - On Sunday 11 May, Tony Devlin's acclaimed play '1981′ telling the story of the Hunger Strike of that year will be performed by the Brassneck theatre Company, for one evening only in London. One by one, ten young men embarked on the agonizing protest of hunger strike until death to secure the basic human rights and dignity of Political Status for all Irish Republican Political Prisoners. May 11, 2012 - Throughout Khader's hunger strike, he was compared to Bobby Sands, the first of ten men to die in the Hunger Strike of 1981. The ten men commemorated in the 'The Roll of Honour' hope to bring about a land that would cherish… '…all the children of the Nation equally' Most with a reasonable knowledge of Irish history would know one or two names of the Hunger strikers with the most famous being Bobby Sands. A lot of 1981 stories doing the rounds today. Aug 18, 2008 - In 1981, ten men sacrificed their lives for the freedoms of many; in a hunger strike at the H-Blocks of Long Kesh Prison, Occupied North of Ireland. Aug 5, 2013 - For many gathered here today, their republican journey of activism and politicisation began 32 years ago in 1981 with the H-Block Hunger Strike and the selfless sacrifice of ten young Irish men. Nov 18, 2013 - Republican Socialist News - News and activities of the Irish Republican Socialist Party. Their story is a constant reminder of what was endured by Irish political prisoners in England. For all of you this is a special We remember and are proud of all who died for Irish freedom and the hunger strikers, in a special way, stand out and are representative of them all. Mar 14, 2014 - Bobby Sands, a 27-year-old member of the IRA, led a hunger strike at Her Majesty's Prison Maze in Belfast which resulted in the death of ten men. Forever, the 2 men Ireland has a long history of the use of a hunger strike as a form of protest. Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane, who was Speaking about the play, Tony Devlin has said: 'The 1981 Irish hungerstrike, in which ten men gave their lives in the struggle for political status, irreversibly shaped political developments for decades to come. Welcome, thank you all for being here today for the unveiling of this mural dedicated to the memory of the ten men that died on Hunger Strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh in 1981.